WALTHAM, Mass., June 18 -- Emperative Inc., a leading provider of on-demand, network and service provisioning software, and Mentis Broadband Solutions, a software development company specializing in applications for the telecommunications industry, announced a joint sales and marketing partnership to offer broadband providers a complete package of network and service provisioning, billing, workflow management and customer service applications.
    The Emperative-Mentis joint services package delivers cable operators a ready-made solution that addresses both cable modem service provisioning and real-time service availability requests to multiple billing system platforms and multiple Internet Service Providers (ISPs).